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If Your LTD Claim Is Denied, Can You Seek Damages? If you are unable to work due to a long-term injury or illness and you are covered by a long-term disability insurance policy, you may be able to claim long-term disability benefits. You might be covered by a group benefits plan organized by your employer. We have previously written about what you can do if you have been denied benefits by the insurance company. Suppose you have a valid benefits claim and it has been denied. In that case, you may have a claim against the insurance company for compensation, reflecting the amount that should have been paid out in long-term disability benefits. But if your claim has been denied (or initially denied and then later approved), can you seek additional damages from the insurance company arguing that the denial was in bad faith? That’s exactly what the plaintiff did in the recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice case of Fraser v Fenchurch General Insurance Company, which is the topic of this article.